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Artemis 2 Splashes Down, Echoes Jules Verne’s Moon Journey

6/15/2026

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Artemis 2’s Integrity spacecraft landed in the Pacific in April 2026, where the U.S. Navy recovered the crew.
NASA commentator Rob Navias said the splashdown mirrors Jules Verne’s 1865 novel “From the Earth to the Moon.”
Scientists cheered when astronauts reported bright flashes, a phenomenon Verne called meteoroid fragments.
The free-return trajectory looped around the Moon’s far side, echoing Verne’s sequel “All Around the Moon.”

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Artemis 2’s Integrity spacecraft landed in the Pacific in April 2026, where the U.S. Navy recovered the crew.
NASA commentator Rob Navias said the splashdown mirrors Jules Verne’s 1865 novel “From the Earth to the Moon.”
Scientists cheered when astronauts reported bright flashes, a phenomenon Verne called meteoroid fragments.
The free-return trajectory looped around the Moon’s far side, echoing Verne’s sequel “All Around the Moon.”